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Module 3 Vocab Flashcards

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Pressure Machines

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used for injection or aspiration of fluids

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Hydroaspirator

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Apparatus that is connected to the water supply. When water is turned on, suction is developed and is used to aspirate the contents of the body’s cavities.

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Electric Aspirator

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A device that uses a motor to create a suction for the purpose of aspiration.

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Gravity Injector

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Apparatus used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular (arterial) phase of the embalming process. Relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid (0.43 pounds of pressure per 1 foot of elevation)

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Hand Pump

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Historical instrument resembling a large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparatus. Used to create either pressure for injection or vacuum for aspiration.

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Bulb Syringe

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Self-contained, soft rubber manual pump designed to create pressure to deliver fluid as it passes through one-way valves located within the bulb. It is used only to deliver fluids; it cannot be used for aspiration.

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Electric Spatula

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Electrically heated blade that may be used to dry moist tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour.

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Body Lifts

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Used to move the deceased from cot to table, from table to casket, etc.

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Sterilizers

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Oven or appliance for sterilizing. An autoclave that sterilizes by steam under pressure at temperatures above 100 degrees celsius.

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Positioning Devices

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Preparation room equipment for properly positioning bodies before, during, and after vascular embalming.

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Embalming tables

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  • stainless steel, porcelain, fiberglass
  • hydraulic or ratchet type height adjustment
  • drain channel on each side
  • drain hole at foot end
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Dressing tables

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  • laminated plastic
  • adjustable in height
  • may be foldable
  • no drain holes
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Refrigeration

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used to maintain a body awaiting a funeral or service

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Sharps Container

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OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps.

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Arterial Tubes

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Tube used to inject embalming solution into the blood vascular system.

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Needle Injector

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Mechanical device used to impel specially designed metal pins into bone.

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Scalpel

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Two-piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions.

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Aneurysm Hook

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An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels.

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Aneurysm Needle

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An embalming instrument used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels that have an eye in the hook portion of the instrument for placing ligatures around the vessels.

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Bistoury Knife

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curved cutting instrument that cuts from the inside outward

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Scissors

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used for cutting

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Groove Director

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Instrument used to guide vein tubes into vessels

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Hemostats

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used to clamp leaking vessels

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Arterial Fixation Forceps

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used to hold the arterial tube in place after insertion into an artery

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Spring Forceps

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an instrument used for grasping and holding tissues

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Angular Spring Forceps

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Used as a drainage instrument, generally in the internal jugular vein

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Retractors

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used to keep vessels elevated above an incision

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Towel Clamps

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used to grasp tissue and secure towels or drapes

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Drainage tubes

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a metal cylinder with a cleaning rod designed to be inserted into a vein that helps keep the vein expanded and can be closed to build circulatory pressure.

*always inserted toward the heart**

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Suture needles

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Used to close incisions from an autopsy or incisions made to raise vessels for injections. There are many types of suture needles.

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nasal aspirator

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inserted into the nostril or throat for aspiration of the nasal passage or the throat. attaches to the aspirating hose

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Autopsy Aspirator

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Used to aspirate blood and arterial fluid from the cavities of autopsied bodies. This aspirator has many openings so that it doesn’t clog.

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trocar

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  • long hollow needle
  • varies in length and diameter
  • sometimes used for hypodermic injection treatments
  • used to aspirate and inject body cavities
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hypovalve trocar

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used for injection of hypodermic treatments

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cavity fluid injector

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Screws onto cavity fluid bottles. When the device is inverted, cavity fluid flows through the trocar into the body cavities

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hypodermic needles

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thin hollow tube used for injecting fluids

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trocar button applicator

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used to insert the trocar button

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vein expander

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used to expand a vein in order to guide a drain tube or drainage device into the vein

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needle holder

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used to hold and push suture needles during suturing procedures

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preservative embalming chemicals

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chemicals that inactivate saprophytic bacteria, render unsuitable for nutrition the media upon which such bacteria thrive, and will arrest decomposition by altering enzymes and lysins of the body as well as converting the decomposable tissue to form less susceptible to decomposition

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accessory chemicals

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chemicals used in addition to vascular (arterial) and cavity embalming fluids. Include, but are not limited to, hardening compounds, preservative powders, sealing agents, mold-preventative agents, and compress application agents.

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supplemental fluids

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a fluid the embalmer injects prior to the preservative solution (pre-injection fluid) or adds to the preservative solution to enhance certain qualities of the preservative fluid (co-injection, dye, humectant, and water conditioner).

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sealing agents

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agents that provide a barrier or seal against any leakage of fluid or blood.

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cotton

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used to decrease leakage from body cavities

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eye caps

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thin, domelike shell made of hardened cloth, metal, or plastic placed beneath the eyelids to restore natural curvature and to maintain the position of the closed eye

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trocar button

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plastic, threaded screw-like device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings.

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mouth former

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device used in the mouth to shape the contour of the lips

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plastic goods/undergarments

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used to protect clothing from conditions such as ulcerations, gangrene, or burnt tissue. They help to control leakage from the tissue donor body, the autopsied body, or edema.

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ligature

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used for suturing
made of nylon, cotton, or linen
may be waxed
dental floss can be used as ligature

50
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calvarium clamps

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A device used to fasten the calvarium to the cranium after a cranial autopsy

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